Earth, courtesy Apollo 17, and probably the most reproduced image of all time

Probably the most reproduced image of all time.

Taken 7 December, 1972
Apollo 17 mission
Courtesy: NASA

Source of high rez imagery:
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002600/a002680/

View of Africa and Saudi Arabia from Apollo 17. Probably the most requested picture of the Earth, this picture was taken by the Apollo 17 astronauts as they left earth orbit en route to the Moon. Taken on Dec. 7, 1972, it was the first time that the trajectory of an Apollo mission enabled a view of the south pole.

Much more on the Blue Marble:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble

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fourbyfourblazer says:

Nice shot of Gods Creation.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Pedal4thePlanet says:

I hope fourbyfourblazer above has changed their vehicle to avoid crushing God's Creation.

Thanks for posting this with full credit and original source. While this is obviously not your original picture (assuming you are not an astronaut), I get annoyed by the number of pictures posted on Flickr which are not original and people accept credit as if it were.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

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Earth, courtesy Apollo 17, and probably the most reproduced image of all time

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